1. أَغرُّ تَغذو الغداة مِنهُ عَلى

    أَغر قَد زادَ حُسنَهُ نزقه

    A radiant one, from whom dawn draws nourishment, upon

    a white-blazed steed whose friskiness has enhanced his beauty.

  2. أَدهم تَعشي العُيون غرّتُه

    تَحسَبُ لَيلاً وَوَجهَهُ شفقُهُ

    Black-coated, his white blaze dazzles the eyes;

    you would think him night, and his face its twilight.

  3. طالَت ثَلاث مِنهُ كَما

    قصرت مِنهُ ثلاث وَزانَهُ شَدَقُهَ

    Three of his features are long, just as

    three are short; his mouth's corner adorns him.

  4. ذو شَيبةٍ أَشبَعَت لَهُ حلكا

    وَحافِرٍ ظَلَ مُشبَعاً زرقه

    With a gray tuft that deepens his blackness,

    and a hoof whose blue remains richly saturated.

  5. تَمت مَقاديمه وَقَد سَتَرَت

    فارمه مُقبِلاً بِهِ عُنقَهُ

    His foreparts are fully formed; and already concealed

    by his [unclear feature], as he is brought forward, is his neck.

  6. إِذا سَما طَرفُهُ إِلى أَمَد

    قَرَّبَ الشَدَ مِنهُ مسحِقُه

    When his gaze rises toward a goal,

    his gallop brings its distant reach close to him.

  7. كَأَنَّهُ الريح حينَ تُرسِلُه

    أَو لَمع بَرق إِذا بَدا طلقُهُ

    He is like the wind when you release him,

    or lightning's flash when his full gallop appears.

  8. لَو أَنَّ يَوم الرِهان سابقه

    داحِسُهُ جاءَ مُحرِزا سَبَقُه

    If, on the day of wagers, he were raced by

    his Dāhis, he would come away having won the prize.

  9. يَنسابُ كَالأَين تَحتَ راكبه

    وَتارَةً يَستَطيره عَنَقُه

    He glides, as if weary, beneath his rider,

    and at times his swift trot sends him flying.

  10. تَخالَهُ السَهم عِندَ حربَتِهِ

    يَسبق لَحظَ العُيون ممترقُهُ

    You would think him an arrow at his spear-thrust;

    his darting passage outruns the eyes' glance.

  11. تَطيب أَعراقه لَدى نَسب

    الخَيل وَفي الجَري طيبَ عرقُهُ

    His bloodlines are noble in the pedigree

    of horses; and in running his sweat is sweet.

  12. رَحيب مَجرى الحُزام مجفره

    أَجَش صَوتَ الصَهيل صَهصلقُه

    His barrel is broad where the girth passes;

    his loud neigh has a husky sound.